World Cup Online (Channel One)http://www.worldcup98.co.uk/The first thing that hits you about this website is the confusing homepage. Looking like it belongs to the opening credits of a tacky TV gameshow it gives you four choices – do you want ‘News’, ‘Chatshow’, ‘Entertainment’ or ‘Cartoons’?! Not being sure what on earth the other three options would… Continue reading World Cup Website Round-Up
Agency estimates put the total terrestrial TV ad revenue figure for April at £234.830m, up 14.1%, reflecting a buoyant month for almost all of the terrestrial channels. ITV’s total revenue went up 13.8%, C4’s increased 14.1% and C5’s rose an impressive 29.3%. GMTV’s slipped 2.5%.
France ’98 World Cup Official Sitehttp://www.worldcup.com/Having chosen the English version of the official France ’98 website you are greeted with an attractive looking homepage with a rich blue background. It is simple to understand with the main options down the left-hand column and your attention is brought to headlines in the centre of the screen.… Continue reading World Cup Website Round-Up
Well, it’s finally happened. After the long toil and labours of the script writers, the plane crash, the renaming of the show (and indeed the village they all live in), Emmerdale has finally triumphed and achieved a higher average audience this week than Eastenders. To be precise 11.81 million for Emmerdale, and only 11.55m for… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 10/05/98
The European Union has given British Interactive Broadcasting, the joint venture formed by BT, BSkyB, Midland Bank and Matsushita to provide digital TV interactive services, the all-clear to launch later this year.BiB was forced, however, to make concessions on a number of issues. The most important is that BiB must allow third parties access to… Continue reading EU Clears BIB For Launch
It has just emerged that JC Decaux’s bid to take over its rival outdoor firm More Group has been referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.Nigel Griffiths, Competition and Consumer Affairs Minister, said that he would be taking the Office of Fair Trading’s advice and require the MMC to investigate the proposal more closely.The news… Continue reading MMC To Investigate Decaux Bid
Carlton Communications today announced financial results for the six months to 31 March which show a rise in pre-tax profits (excluding digital TV) of 8% to £171.9 million. Including digital TV’s losses of £6.2m, pre-tax profits were up 4% year on year. Turnover increased 3% to £920.6m.Turnover in Carlton’s television business rose by £7m to… Continue reading Carlton Sees Profits Rise
Quality Market The total quality market saw an overall fall in circulation for November-April 1998 of 1.3% year on year to 5.742 million. The Independent again suffered badly, with a fall of 12% to 225,413 though the Observer was close behind in terms of losses with a drop of 9% to 417,009.Only the FT put… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up – April
The Racing Post has captured almost all of the Sporting Life ‘s sales, following the Life‘s temporary suspension of publication (see Sporting Life To Close), according to initial figures from the Mirror Group.A week after the Post was left as Britain’s solo racing paper, early circulation reports indicate that the “conversion rate” from Life to… Continue reading Racing Post Captures Sporting Life’s Sales, Mirror Claims
Publishers Myatt McFarlane have launched a new family title aimed at B, C1, C2 parents called Family Active.The national title went on sale on last week with an initial print run of 80,000 copies. It is priced £1.95 and is published monthly.Myatt McFarlane: 0161 928 3480
